CS 184: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (Fall 2012, UC Berkeley) | Computer Science

CS 184: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics

CS 184: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (Fall 2012, UC Berkeley). Instructor: Professor Ravi Ramamoorthi. This course is an introduction to the foundations of 3-dimensional computer graphics. Topics covered include 2D and 3D transformations, interactive 3D graphics programming with OpenGL, shading and lighting models, geometric modeling using Bezier and B-Spline curves, computer graphics rendering including ray tracing and global illumination, signal processing for anti-aliasing and texture mapping, and animation and inverse kinematics. There will be an emphasis on both the mathematical and geometric aspects of graphics, as well as the ability to write complete 3D graphics programs.

Why do We Study 3D Graphics?

1. Course Overview

Lecture 1.1 - Motivation: Why do We Study 3D Graphics?

Lecture 1.2 - Course Outline and Logistics

Lecture 1.3 - Brief History of Computer Graphics

2. Review of Basic Math

Lecture 2.1 - Vectors and Dot Products

Lecture 2.2 - Vectors: Cross Products

Lecture 2.3 - Vectors: Orthonormal Basis Frames

Lecture 2.4 - Matrices

3. Transformations 1

Lecture 3.1 - Basic 2D Transforms

Lecture 3.2 - Composing Transforms

Lecture 3.3 - 3D Rotations

4. Transformations 2

Lecture 4.1 - Homogeneous Coordinates

Lecture 4.2 - Transforming Normals

Lecture 4.3 - Rotations Revisited and Coordinate Frames

Lecture 4.4 - Derivation of gluLookAt

5. Viewing

Lecture 5.1 - Orthographic Projection

Lecture 5.2 - Perspective Projection

Lecture 5.3 - Derivation of gluPerspective

6. OpenGL 1

Lecture 6.1 - Overview and Motivation

Lecture 6.2 - Basic Setup and Buffers, Matrix Modes

Lecture 6.3 - Window System Interaction and Callbacks

Lecture 6.4 - Drawing Basic OpenGL Primitives

Lecture 6.5 - Initializing Shaders

7. OpenGL Shading

Lecture 7.1 - Motivation

Lecture 7.2 - Gouraud and Phong Shading

Lecture 7.3 - Lighting and Shading

Lecture 7.4 - Fragment Shader Example

8. OpenGL 2

Lecture 8.1 - Basic Geometry Setup

Lecture 8.2 - Matrix Stacks and Transforms

Lecture 8.3 - Depth Testing (Z-Buffering)

Lecture 8.4 - Animation (Moving Teapot)

Lecture 8.5 - Texture Mapping

9. Raytracing 1

Lecture 9.1 - History and Basic Ray Casting

Lecture 9.2 - Core Algorithm: Shadows and Reflections

Lecture 9.3 - Ray-Surface Intersection

Lecture 9.4 - Optimizations

10. Raytracing 2

Lecture 10.1 - Camera Ray Casting

Lecture 10.2 - Ray-Object Intersections

Lecture 10.3 - Lighting Calculations and Shading

Lecture 10.4 - Recursive Ray Tracing

References

CS 184: Computer Graphics, Fall 2012
Instructor: Professor Ravi Ramamoorthi. Information. Schedule. Online Lectures. Assignments and Resources.